24 Jun
2013
24 Jun
'13
9:49 p.m.
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013, Jim Brain wrote:
I previously would have suggested Astec and LiteOn as two other possible
manufacturers, but Astec is now owned by Emerson and almost certainly
wouldn't be willing to do small volume anymore, and I've had a very high
failure rate with certain 5VDC PSUs (~1 year old) from LiteOn lately due
to really, really poor quality electrolytic capacitors.
On 6/24/2013 9:40 PM, Tothwolf wrote:
[I should have said C6 or C8, rather than C5 or C7, since C5/C7 are the
cord-end and C6/C8 the inlet.]
Certainly. Lots of companies manufacture C7 cords with BS1363, CEE7/7,
CEE7/17, AS3112, etc plugs. For example,
http://www.signalandpower.com/IEC-C7-Power-Cords/
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013, Jim Brain wrote:
If you are open to considering either a C5 or C7 IEC 60320 coupler instead
of the C13, you'll probably have better luck with the PSU vendors. If you
don't need the ground/earth terminal (I can't see why it would be needed
for a replacement C64 PSU) a C7 will also cut the per unit cost and allow
for a smaller case.
I'm game, but can you obtain those cords easily for non
US/CA/JP countries? Have you tried
contacting Delta? In years past this sort of "unusual" PSU
would have been right up their alley, but they might require a large
production run. They can even build them where the casing is held together
with screws instead of being solvent welded together, making them easier to
service later (once the filter caps begin to dry out in a decade or so). On
that note, you would probably also want to specify that only genuine, high
quality 105C rated filter capacitors are to be used, from either Nichicon,
Rubycon, or Panasonic (and specify the series).
No, you're the second person
to recommend Delta, and I will reach out to
them.